News of this people
- Naturatins Participa da III Feira de Sementes do Povo Xerente
05/11/2009 - Carta dos povos Apinajé, Krahô e Xerente
05/10/2009 - Povos do Cerrado trazem debate e cultura para a capital do país
10/09/2009
Foto: Curt Nimuendaju, 1937
Xerente
- Outros nomes
Acuen, Akwen - Where they are
Tocantins - How many
2.569 (Funasa, 2006) - Família linguística
Jê
Introduction
The 250 years of contact of the Xerente with non-indigenous peoples have not affected their ethnic identity. The rapid and intense social, political, and economic transformations which affect the region in which they live have actually provided these people an opportunity to participate actively - although not without difficulties - in the decision-making processes which involve them. In the eye of the hurricane of economic development of the State of Tocantins, the Xerente continue to express by other means what is most traditional of them: their warrior ethos.
